Principles of large-scale neural interactions

M Vinck, C Uran, G Spyropoulos, I Onorato… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
What mechanisms underlie flexible inter-areal communication in the cortex? We consider
four mechanisms for temporal coordination and their contributions to communication:(1) …

[HTML][HTML] Generating meaning: active inference and the scope and limits of passive AI

G Pezzulo, T Parr, P Cisek, A Clark, K Friston - Trends in Cognitive …, 2024 - cell.com
Prominent accounts of sentient behavior depict brains as generative models of organismic
interaction with the world, evincing intriguing similarities with current advances in generative …

The connectome of an insect brain

M Winding, BD Pedigo, CL Barnes, HG Patsolic, Y Park… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Brains contain networks of interconnected neurons and so knowing the network architecture
is essential for understanding brain function. We therefore mapped the synaptic-resolution …

World models and predictive coding for cognitive and developmental robotics: frontiers and challenges

T Taniguchi, S Murata, M Suzuki, D Ognibene… - Advanced …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Creating autonomous robots that can actively explore the environment, acquire knowledge
and learn skills continuously is the ultimate achievement envisioned in cognitive and …

Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory

D Debanne, Y Inglebert - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) is a bidirectional form of synaptic plasticity
discovered about 30 years ago and based on the relative timing of pre-and post-synaptic …

The fractal brain: scale-invariance in structure and dynamics

GF Grosu, AV Hopp, VV Moca, H Bârzan… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The past 40 years have witnessed extensive research on fractal structure and scale-free
dynamics in the brain. Although considerable progress has been made, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Robust encoding of natural stimuli by neuronal response sequences in monkey visual cortex

Y Yiling, K Shapcott, A Peter, J Klon-Lipok… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Parallel multisite recordings in the visual cortex of trained monkeys revealed that the
responses of spatially distributed neurons to natural scenes are ordered in sequences. The …

Multilevel development of cognitive abilities in an artificial neural network

K Volzhenin, JP Changeux… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Several neuronal mechanisms have been proposed to account for the formation of cognitive
abilities through postnatal interactions with the physical and sociocultural environment …

Early brain activity: translations between bedside and laboratory

HJ Luhmann, PO Kanold, Z Molnár… - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Neural activity is both a driver of brain development and a readout of developmental
processes. Changes in neuronal activity are therefore both the cause and consequence of …

Gamma rhythms in the visual cortex: functions and mechanisms

C Han, R Shapley, D Xing - Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2022 - Springer
Gamma-band activity, peaking around 30–100 Hz in the local field potential's power
spectrum, has been found and intensively studied in many brain regions. Although gamma …